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Baton!
The Ultra Ball is opened, and Moltres is collected into the Poké Ball. The Poké Ball shakes slightly three times before stopping.
[Ding! Mission complete. Rewards have been sent to your inventory.]
The quest to subdue the three legendary birds is finally complete, and the rewards are very generous, especially the Crown of the Gods, which can even further enhance its legendary potential.
Chapter 173: Taming the Three Legendary Birds, Farewell!
"Let's take a look at Moltres's attributes first."
Gary doesn't plan to use the Crown of God for now. Blastoise's legendary potential is enough. Besides, Blastoise hasn't even reached the Elite Four level yet. Who knows when it will grow to the legendary level?
If Blastoise's potential were further increased to god-level, its growth rate would be faster in the early stages, but the rate of improvement would become slower in the later stages.
Take those legendary Pokémon for example, even the three legendary birds from the Orange Islands are probably only around level 100.
We should keep the crown of the gods for now and make plans for it later.
[Pokémon: Moltres]
[Attributes: fire, flying]
【Level: 50】.
[Potential: Champion]
【Characteristic: Flame Body (Sometimes inflicts a burn status on opponents who come into contact with it.)】
[Skills: Wind Rising, Glare, Spark, Mystic Guardian, Wing Attack, High-Speed Movement, Flame Jet, Burn Away, Air Slash, Feather Perch, Hot Wind, Sunny Day.]
[Teaching skills: Storm, Flame Burst, Sunbeam.]
【Intimacy Level: 150 (Maximum 255)】
【Item Required: Soothing Bell】
With an initial friendship level of only 150, Moltres was given a Soothing Bell before being taught three moves. This means Moltres's initial friendship level with Gary was only 90, which is definitely not high, and the Pokémon might even become disobedient.
"Next, we can head to the Orange Islands to challenge the Southern Cross," said Xiao Shi.
Southern Cross is the Orange League's gym, and there are only four gyms: Atsumi (Star of the Four Directions), Dan (Star of the East), Eiji (Star of the South), and Ruri (Star of the North).
These four gym leaders are all quite strong. Apart from West Star Atsumi who uses a Water-type Pokémon, the other three Southern Cross Pokémon use Pokémon with different types.
Furthermore, the challenge format of the Southern Cross Gym is quite interesting. The challenge format for the Western and Eastern Stars is not a battle, but a competition mode. You can only get badges by winning the competition with your Pokémon.
Only the Southern Star and Northern Star challenges are conducted through battles, but the battle methods are somewhat different.
The challenge format in Southern Star is a 3-on-3 round-based match. This means that regardless of the outcome of a match, the Pokémon used by both sides cannot be used in a second match. The winner is determined by a best-of-three format.
Furthermore, both sides must use the same type of Pokémon in each battle. If the challenger uses a Fire-type Pokémon, A-Yi will also send out a Fire-type Pokémon to fight. This competition system is quite fair.
Northern Star is a 2-on-2 doubles competition, and it is the only dojo in the Kanto region with doubles rules.
"Articuno, let's go back."
Shigeru rode Articuno back to the second island.
...!
"Shigeru, did you encounter Moltres?" Sabrina asked after they returned.
Sabrina was originally with them, but since they hadn't encountered Moltres before, she stopped following and only asked about it casually each time Gary returned.
"Yes, it's been tamed," said Xiao Mao.
"real!"
Sabrina was just asking casually; she never imagined that Gary could actually catch Moltres.
"Of course it's true. When have I ever lied to you?" Xiao Mao revealed the three high-grade balls at his waist.
When Sabrina saw that there were three Ultra Balls, she immediately believed that Gary had really caught Moltres.
Gary only uses Ultra Balls when catching legendary Pokémon.
“We can leave tomorrow,” Xiao Mao said.
"Aren't you going to stay and learn more advanced skills?" Sabrina asked.
"For this battle against Moltres, I sent out Blastoise, which learned Hydro Cannon during the battle and no longer needs to stay and learn it," Gary replied.
Sabrina was stunned. She never expected Gary to be so lucky. Not only did he encounter Moltres, but Blastoise also learned Hydro Cannon.
"I'll go tell Sister Shuizi."
After saying that, Xiao Mao went to find Shui Zi.
Mizuko was drinking tea in the mansion when she saw Mao arrive. She sighed and said, "Sigh! It seems you're planning to leave."
"Yes." Xiao Shi didn't deny that he was leaving, and said, "Mizuko, my Blastoise has mastered Hydro Cannon. Can you take a look?"
"What? You've mastered it?"
Shuizi looked puzzled. She had been watching Blastoise train all this time, but she hadn't seen a trace of Hydro Cannon. How could it have mastered it in just one week?
"Yes, could you help me take a look?"
"go!"
Shuizi immediately got up and led Xiaomao to the mountain wall where they had previously practiced.
“Have your Blastoise use Hydro Cannon,” Mizuki said.
Shigeru nodded and released Blastoise.
"Kami!" Blastoise tensed up when it saw the familiar mountain wall in front of it. For the past month, the mountain wall had been a nightmare for Blastoise.
"Blastoise, believe in yourself," said Gary.
"Kami!"
Blastoise nodded, mobilized water energy to compress it into the cannon barrel, and then sprayed out two huge water cannons.
Boom! !
The mountain wall that was hit instantly shattered into cracks. As the mountain wall broke apart, Blastoise's inner demons seemed to be broken, and the power of its Hydro Cannon increased again, directly punching a hole through the mountain wall.
"Wow...! They really mastered it!" Mizuko was also surprised, not understanding what Shigeru and Blastoise had gone through this week, how they suddenly mastered Hydro Cannon.
"Sister Shuizi, does this mean Blastoise is done?" Xiao Shi said.
Shuizi immediately looked at Xiaomao and noticed that the water droplet on Xiaomao's bracelet was glowing. She said, "Congratulations on mastering the mysteries of water."
"Can I take this bracelet off now?" Xiao Mao asked.
"of course can."
Shuizi walked up to Xiaomao and, as if by magic, took the bracelet off Xiaomao's wrist.
Then (after getting Wang Hao's approval), Xiao Mao settled the accommodation and food expenses with Shui Zi, and after lunch, he left with Na Zi.
Although Xiao Mao is not short of money, the cost of living in Shui Zi's place is quite high. Although Xiao Mao doesn't care about spending money, he is unwilling to be ripped off.
...lead!
After leaving the shrine where the priestess lived, Shigeru and Sabrina returned to town and spent the afternoon strolling around the town.
Because Naz is leaving soon, Shigeru specially made time to spend with her.
The next morning, the two arrived at the port.
"Xiao Mao, you're traveling alone, so please be careful," Nazi said.
"Don't worry, just don't forget about me after you become a big star," Xiao Mao teased.
Sabrina grinned slightly, walked up to Shigeru, and, taking advantage of Shigeru's inattention, lightly pecked him on the lips.
Xiao Mao was completely stunned; his mind went blank.
174: Orange Alliance
"Naza is really something, she just stole my first kiss, a handsome young man like me."
As Xiao Mao watched the cruise ship gradually disappear into the distance, he suppressed the excitement in his heart.
Although he received a farewell kiss from Sabrina, it came at a price. Before leaving, Sabrina sternly warned Shigeru not to get involved with other women, and that if she found out, she would definitely hold him accountable.
"Let's go to the Orange Islands next."
The Orange Islands and the Seven Islands are both located in the southern part of the Kanto region and are not far apart. Shigeru then took a speedboat to Xiakan Island in the Orange Islands.
Xiao Mao arrived at Xiagan Island in half a day.
Shagan Island is mostly covered by forests, with towns located on the edge of the island, and the Shagan Gym is far from the town.
Ask Nurse Joy for directions at the Pokémon Center, and you'll know where the Shagan Gym is. Gary can then ride his mountain bike there.
The architectural style of Xiagan Taekwondo Hall is similar to that of a swimming pool, and it looks quite large.
We arrived at the entrance of the dojo.
[Ding! Mission issued: Obtain the Summer Gym Badge / Rewards: 10 Intermediate Rare Candies, 1 Random Water-type Permanent TM, 1 Random Premium Battle-Affecting Item]
Xiao Mao was completely bewildered when he heard the task issued by the system.
Aside from the Magic Candy remaining unchanged, the other two rewards have changed: 407 random skills and random items. The rewarded items are still items that affect winning the battle.
There are many types of items that affect battles, and many of them are useless to Shigeru. If he gets an unusable item randomly, he can only leave it in the warehouse.
Xiao Mao didn't care about anything else and pressed the doorbell.
A short while later, a boy with the same hairstyle as Xiao Gang came out.
"Who are you?" the boy asked.
Shigeru knew that the boy was Atsumi's younger brother and also a dojo assistant; he seemed to be a very rebellious young man.
"Hello, my name is Xiao Mao, and I'm here to challenge the Xia Gan Dojo," Xiao Mao said.
Ada looked Xiao Mao up and down, finding him increasingly familiar, and asked curiously, "Are you the champion of this year's Quartz Conference?"
"Have you watched this year's Quartz Convention?" Shigeru asked.